Diana loves her husband Paolo of five years but she can’t help but feel adrift and bored with her marriage. In order to inject some thrills into her life, Diana begins having a string of affairs, on a mission to immerse herself in hidden worlds of passion and pleasure wherever she goes. She reveals her…
Broken Mirrors – Blu-ray Review (Cult Epics)
Thanks to her utterly worthless husband, Diane (Lineke Rijxman) turns to sex work in order to support her child. She befriends Dora (Henriëtte Tol), a gal who’s been in the game a long time, and the two of them slowly develop a bond to protect each other from the johns, the pimps, and their catty…
AmnesiA Blu-ray Review [Cult Epics]
Arriving on blu-ray from Cult Epics is the stylized mind-bending Dutch thriller AmnesiA which netted dual lead actor Fedja van Huêt the Golden Calf Award for best actor. Hop in the car and let’s go face your demons! Van Huêt plays a photographer named Alex who returns to his family’s home after he finds out…
A Question of Silence Blu-ray Review
New to blu comes hot-button feminist firebrand A Question of Silence from director Marleen Gorris courtesy of Cult Epics. Watch as a primal scream from a first time director becomes a latter day classic! Three women from three different social classes (a middle income housewife [Edda Barends], a lower income diner waitress [Nelly Frijda] and…
Blu-ray Review – Sylvia Kristel – 1970’s Collection – Cult Epics
Review—Sylvia Kristel: 1970s Collection (Cult Epics) Author: Palo Sionoplia Films: Playing with Fire, Pastorale 1943, Mysteries, Julia Cult Epics knows its audience, as evidenced by the boutique label’s more thirty years of success in the home video marketplace. Founded in Amsterdam, the label has always remained loyal to its Dutch origins, and the Kristel 1970s…
99.9 Frequency of Terror Blu-ray review
99.9 Frequency of Terror is the third film that was directed by Agusti Vallaronga, where he explores psychic horror! Lara (Maria Barronco, Tie Me Up! Tie me Down!) is the host of a radio call-in show that discusses psychic phenomena, discovers that her lover has been found dead in a small Spanish village. She learns…
The Cool Lakes of Death Blu-ray review
Known in the Netherlands as Van de koele meren des doods and under the film titles Hedwig: The Quiet Lake, and The Cool Lakes of Death on other parts of the county, this 1982 Dutch film directed by Nouchka van Brakel, again focuses on touchy topics at the time. The movie is based on the…
The Debut Blu-ray review
Iconic Dutch director Nouchka van Brakel, who was responsible for A Woman Like Eve which focused on lesbianism, previously explored something even more taboo. In her 1977 film, The Debut (AKA Het Debuut), she conjured up a story about another controversial subject, sex with an underage child and the discreet love affair that would follow…
A Woman Like Eve Blu-ray review
A Woman Like Eve, known as Een vrouw als Eva in the Netherlands, is a 1979 film directed by legendary Dutch filmmaker Nouchka van Brakel. She was a pioneer in the filmmaking industry when it came to feminism and strong female characters. Her films created a stir and followed by controversy when they first came…
Madame Claude – The French Woman Blu-ray review
The 1977 film, Madame Claude aka The French Woman is a French erotic crime drama that was based on a true story of French brothel madam, Madame Claude. This picture takes a closer look at the life of Madame Claude. Take that anyway you wish. Parisian Madame Claude (iconic film actress Francoise Fabian, How to…